"Does my desire to never accept mediocrity make me selfish?".......A question I find I'm asking myself more and more lately. I don't want to have lived a life, where I look back and think 'what would that have been like?'
Is it selfish that I want to go to Kenya and fulfill my dream of helping those who through no fault of their own live a life less fortunate than me?
Is it selfish I want a personal relationship that is driven by passion, conversation, laughter, positivity and fulfillment of each others dreams?
Is it selfish I want my daughters to live a life so rich and full they never look back and wonder 'what would that have been like?"
Is it selfish that I want to live that life now?
I know the answer to all the questions above is a resounding "No." This isn't a midlife crisis, far from it, this is not a life in crisis, this is the need to live a life, the crisis would be to live always wondering "what if?"
May 28th 2012 saw the spark that had always burned inside me ignited, within a very short space of time that spark became an all consuming burning desire. By acknowledging my dream could become a reality, the floodgates to my passion were opened. It's passion that drives me, that ignites me, a passion to make this work, a passion to make a difference, a passion to realise a dream I've held for so long.
All the way through this journey I've questioned myself, why do I need to do this? and even now I'm not sure I have a definitive answer to that question, but I know I must.... and I know I will.
Passion can come at any age, on Friday I was fortunate enough to be in a workshop that showed the video clip I've posted below. To see a young woman so passionate, so determined, was simply awe inspiring, we can learn from anyone, our teachers are all around us.
"A person that finds their passion so young is fortunate, a person that finally finds their passion but fails to act on it, is foolish" - Jacqui'ism
The Girls Who Silenced the World for 5 Minutes
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